Pause the quilt’s movement, but not the needle, whenever you change direction. Corners and other directional changes are where tension problems often show up. Just slow down and pause for a heartbeat before you head off in the next direction. The close stitches will relieve some of your tension difficulties.

Great idea, Craftybear. If you can take a class, that helps. If you can't, get a book or find some tuts on line and practice making circles. I'll even go over a new pattern I want to use on some sandwiched fabric with no thread, just to get the flow of the pattern.

Practice drawing fmq to develop muscle memory. A white board is awesome, but you can also use paper. If you are having a terrible time with a pattern and can draw one or copy one, practice tracing it over and over.

I was having trouble with my free motion quilting, in that my stitches were to small looking. Someone suggested slowing down. I set the speed control way down and now the stitching is looking great. I' am going back now to practice some more. I also was told practice, practice, practice. Thank you to the person who informed me to slow down. I am so happy. Sew you later.